Chapter 412 Would you mind if I used you?
As the director closed the door, Lin Tan, who was standing in the doorway, stared directly at her: "Jiang Ruan?"
"Come sit down." Jiang Ruan took her hand and led her to her side.
Lin Tan felt like she was dreaming. She thought the director had called her to talk about the film, but she didn't expect him to bring her to see Jiang Ruan.
"Let's not talk about catching up." Jiang Ruan looked her over, making sure she seemed alright before continuing, "What was the meaning behind the message you sent me this morning?"
Lin Tan paused.
After a few seconds, he said with mixed feelings, "You came all this way just for this?"
Jiang Ruan nodded: "Mm."
Lin Tan looked outside.
Although the bodyguards and assistants wouldn't eavesdrop when the director called her in, being watched all the time for so long would still make her subconsciously worry.
"You guys talk," Tang Bai said, seeing what she was thinking. "I'll go out with Mo Mo to keep watch for you."
They left.
Lin Tan was somewhat relieved.
"I'd like you to help me find a lawyer who isn't afraid of Huo Sinian." She told Jiang Ruan her idea, "I'll sue him once I've gathered all the evidence."
Jiang Ruan agreed: "Okay."
Lin Tan felt a little relieved: "Thank you."
"Why didn't you just call me and tell me?" Jiang Ruan asked after much consideration. "And why did you say not to send WeChat messages?"
Lin Tan remained silent for a while.
"Huo Sinian won't let me contact you. My assistants and bodyguards are all his people." After much consideration, she finally said, "As for WeChat, my account is logged into his tablet."
A few simple words.
Jiang Ruanquan understood.
Huo Sinian not only restricted her personal freedom, but also monitored her life.
"Is there anything I can help you with?"
"No need." Lin Tan refused decisively. She didn't want Jiang Ruan to get too deeply involved in this matter. "I'm already very grateful that you could help me find a suitable lawyer."
"Should I prepare a new phone and SIM card for you?" Jiang Ruan could tell that she didn't want to say too much, so she didn't press further. "That way, you can collect the evidence and contact a lawyer."
“It will be discovered,” Lin Tan said.
Jiang Ruan frowned slightly.
Lin Tan pursed her lips and said, "He knows all the different passwords I set to access different systems."
Fortunately, she was shrewd and only probed, without actually saying anything.
Otherwise, he definitely wouldn't have let her out to film.
“Although I know these are your private matters and I shouldn’t interfere,” Jiang Ruan said after much consideration, “what Huo Sinian did to you is illegal and criminal. You didn’t call the police or leave, so… does he have some leverage over you?”
Lin Tan paused, then, under Jiang Ruan's sincere gaze, said, "Yes."
Jiang Ruan asked calmly, "What is it?"
Lin Tan pursed her lips, struggled internally for a moment, and then chose to keep it a secret: "Thank you for your concern, but I don't want to talk about this for now."
If she told Jiang Ruan, she would definitely try her best to help her.
Huo Sinian had always resented Jiang Ruan's interference in their affairs. Once he found out that Jiang Ruan was helping her for her freedom, he would definitely not hesitate to take action against her.
Jiang Ruan had already helped her enough; she didn't want to drag her down with her, and she certainly didn't want anything to happen to her because of her.
After all, Huo Sinian really doesn't hold back when he gets going.
"Don't worry, with a lawyer, I'm very confident I can leave him," Lin Tan said, trying to reassure herself.
“I won’t force you if you don’t want to tell me.” Jiang Ruan chose to respect her decision. “Contact me anytime you want to tell me.”
Lin Tan nodded: "Thank you."
Jiang Ruan looked at her and said, "I'm leaving this time, and I probably won't be back in Jingzhou for a long time."
Lin Tan: "I know."
Seeing that she really didn't want to talk about it, Jiang Ruan didn't ask any more questions. Before leaving, she gave her Aunt Bai's phone number.
Aunt Bai is my mother's friend. Someone who isn't even afraid of Huo Zhizhou is even less likely to be afraid of Huo Sinian.
"If your bodyguard tells Huo Sinian, just make up any excuse you can use to cover it up." Jiang Ruan suddenly stopped and resolved the last remaining potential problem for her.
Lin Tan said "okay".
At this moment, I am even more glad that I didn't tell her the truth.
If Jiang Ruan, with her kind and gentle nature, knew that Huo Sinian was using her sister to threaten her, she would definitely help her. However, she herself still had a lot of things to deal with, including the Qin family, the Li family, and Huo Zhizhou. She didn't want her to worry or be anxious about her affairs.
She was already extremely grateful that she could find a lawyer.
Composing herself, she went outside. Before she had taken two steps, her assistant jogged up to her and asked, "Sister Lin Tan, was that Jiang Ruan you just met inside?"
"Did you get your food?" Lin Tan asked instead of answering.
Sisi nodded: "I'll take it."
Lin Tan hummed in agreement.
Sisi wanted to ask something more, but she didn't dare to because of Lin Tan's silent attitude.
As for Jiang Ruan's side...
As Tang Bai drove toward the airport, he asked gossipily, "Judging from your expression, it seems like the conversation didn't go very well?"
"It wasn't exactly unsuccessful." Jiang Ruan stopped thinking about it. She had promised to respect Lin Tan's decision, and she would. "It's just that I suddenly feel that some people in this world cannot be called human."
She suspected that Huo Sinian might have used some underhanded methods to keep Lin Tan by his side.
But unexpectedly, he was also monitoring Lin Tan's life.
How did Lin Tan survive in such an environment?
"That's because you haven't seen enough people." Tang Bai remained calm, his gaze fixed ahead, his left hand resting on the steering wheel. "There are even darker things happening in the corners you can't see."
Jiang Ruan did not deny it.
Although she hadn't witnessed it herself, she had seen it in the news quite a bit. She just didn't expect that something like this would happen to someone she knew.
"We'll be at the airport in about half an hour." Tang Bai glanced at the rearview mirror. "Let me think about whether there's anything else I need to take care of."
“That’s all,” Jiang Ruan said decisively. “Go straight back to Haicheng.”
Su Zhu and Ye Yanzhi haven't been in Jingzhou recently.
She doesn't need to worry about anything else.
Around 5 p.m. that day.
Jiang Ruan arrived home.
She had just changed her shoes and gone inside, and hadn't even had a sip of hot water, when the eldest daughter of the Chi family called. Her first words were full of mischievous humor: "What are you doing, little sister? Why did it take you so long to answer my call?"
Jiang Ruan: "..."
Jiang Ruan sat down on the sofa: "Miss Chi, is there something you need?"
"Would you mind if I used you for a bit?" Miss Chi didn't mince words and spoke very directly.
Jiang Ruan's face was calm and composed: "What do you want me to do?"
Miss Chi raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised: "Aren't you going to ask me what I'm using you for?"
“There’s nothing to ask.” Jiang Ruan had a good impression of Chi Qian because of their previous collaboration, and it was Chi Qian who helped her block those news articles and marketing accounts online. “You will say it when you want to.”
The pond was shallow.
Then a faint smile appeared on his face: "Aren't you afraid I'll ask you to do something you don't want to do?"
“I can go back on my word at any time if it’s not clearly written down in black and white.” Jiang Ruan’s eyes were clear and bright, just like her straightforward words.
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